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Old 06-07-2015, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by bgmsd View Post
I am using Legacy text boxes because I like the formatting controls. I can prevent users from typing text in number only text boxes. Some text boxes should only have currency values, others should have numbers without decimal values.

If I use Content Controls, I can check the box to prevent users from deleting the content control, but they do not have any validation functionality. I could send the data to a VBA sub to do my own validation, but I don't see how I can fire an event after a user changes data in a content control.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
For that you'd use a Document_ContentControlOnExit macro.
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